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Cúdae · 11-30-2002, 10:54 PM

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Wille: Some of the things you said really got to me. Forst of all, you seemed to say that books are banned mostly in grammar schools. While this could or could not be true, I know of <u>many</u> high schools where books are banned, not just my own. I would ask you to elaborate on your opinion a bit.

Kalessin: Tolkien's Pandora's Box? Interesting analogy (is that the word I want?). You could look at it as a Pandora's Box, but then you could not and see it as something else entirely. Anyone can read Tolkien's books and see that violence is there, but does this necessarily mean that it is going to inspire anyone to go use force of violence against their fellow people? Anyone can read Tolkien's books and see the beauty he wrote of, but does this mean that anyone is going to go out there and create something equally as beautiful? It can go two ways. Personally, I believe that most school administrators (sp?)are trying to ban the violence of Tolkien's books and in the process, banning the beauty of them as well. So are they shutting the Pandora's Box Tolkien opened, or are they opening it further?

[ December 01, 2002: Message edited by: Cúdae ]

11-30-2002, 10:54 PM	#19
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Wille: Some of the things you said really got to me. Forst of all, you seemed to say that books are banned mostly in grammar schools. While this could or could not be true, I know of <u>many</u> high schools where books are banned, not just my own. I would ask you to elaborate on your opinion a bit. Kalessin: Tolkien's Pandora's Box? Interesting analogy (is that the word I want?). You could look at it as a Pandora's Box, but then you could not and see it as something else entirely. Anyone can read Tolkien's books and see that violence is there, but does this necessarily mean that it is going to inspire anyone to go use force of violence against their fellow people? Anyone can read Tolkien's books and see the beauty he wrote of, but does this mean that anyone is going to go out there and create something equally as beautiful? It can go two ways. Personally, I believe that most school administrators (sp?)are trying to ban the violence of Tolkien's books and in the process, banning the beauty of them as well. So are they shutting the Pandora's Box Tolkien opened, or are they opening it further? [ December 01, 2002: Message edited by: Cúdae ] __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"